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Horsetooth Half Maratho

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Location:

Fort Collins,CO,

Member Since:

May 15, 2003

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided PR's:
5K: 14:48 (Track - 2001)
10K: 30:45 (Track - 2001)
10K: 31:32 (Bolder Boulder - 2013)
Half Marathon: 1:06:09 (Duluth - 2013)
Marathon: 2:17:54 (Grandma's) - 2014)
Marathon: 2:19:47 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2013)
Marathon: 2:19:49 (Indianapolis Monumental - 2010)

Aided PR's:
10K: 29:38 (Des News - 2011)
Half Marathon: 1:05:30 (TOU Half - 2011)
Marathon: 2:18:09 (St George - 2007)
Marathon: 2:17:35 (Boston - 2011)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in June of 2008. Started taking Enbrel in March, 2009.

Run as much as I can, and race as well as I can. Make the most of however much time I have left as an able-bodied runner.

Training for the 2018 Colorado Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I'm old, and then run some more. Stand tall.

Personal:

1 wife, 2 kids. 1 cat. Work as a GIS Specialist/Map Geek

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good. - Ovid

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. - Romans 5:1-5

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Saucony Kinvara 6-2 Lifetime Miles:						358.75
Brooks Pure Connect Blue Lifetime Miles:						337.25
New Balance Trainers Lifetime Miles:						314.50
New Balance 1400 Racers Lifetime Miles:						65.00
Brook Pureflow Lifetime Miles:						99.50

Sun, Apr 19, 2015

Race: Horsetooth Half Maratho (13.109 Miles) 01:15:27, Place overall: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
2.90	0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	16.00

Horsetooth Half Marathon, 4th time doing this race. This year there was a 15mph headwind for the first 6 miles, and then crosswind/tailwind thereafter. There was not much competition this year either...I guess guys from Boulder or the Springs don't want to drive up to do a brutally slow half marathon for a measley $300. But I'm all about that.

We went out really slow, due to the hills and the wind. Then I ended up breaking away from my training partner Mike on the last uphill, which is about halfway through the race. I felt like I was cruising once I got the tailwind, but none of the splits were very fast, and my finish time was 1:15:27, so quite a bit slower than any other year. They had to detour the course due to a bridge being out, so I though it might be long, but on thee other hand, it was recertified...so it was probably an accurate course, but that initially headwind must have slowed things down more than I thought.

A win is a win, and I felt pretty smooth the whole way. All in all a good effort. It's just funny how Moab was much faster than I expected, but then this one was much slower.

Saucony Type A6 Miles: 16.00

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 07:43:42 from 141.221.191.225

Congrats on the win...and measley $300.

From Jason D on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 13:07:18 from 68.80.27.222

Nice win. Rush recertifications don't generally go well in my experience.

I know you said after Grandma's that you were going to work on running a fast 5k in preparation for next fall and the trials. Will training change or will you use the number of 5ks you have lined up to accomplish that?

From Paul on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 13:14:51 from 207.224.39.118

Jeff - $300 is good money to me! Just not to the Boulder crowd.

Jason - yes, I'm shifting over to 5k/10k-specific training from now through early July. Then back into a marathon cycle.

From Burt on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 14:07:14 from 174.26.194.193

Nice win, Paul!

From Matt Schreiber on Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 20:17:24 from 66.17.102.175

Congrats on the win. 300 bucks is 300 bucks!

From DaveM on Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:36:46 from 70.192.18.75

Congrats on a great time against a strong northern Front Range headwind! "Slower" for you, but still blazing fast.

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